National Safe Boating Week Safety Tips For Boaters
The article outlines core safety practices for boaters including anchoring: secure the line, use five times the depth, and anchor fully to steady the craft. It explains signaling distress with a red flare if engine failure occurs, urges carrying multiple red flares, and warns about capsizing risks when landing fish. It also covers sitting while landing fish, staying low when moving, and wearing approved personal flotation devices at all times.
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Canada Safety Council
Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration Critiqued
A critical look at Canada's Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration notes its terms of reference were narrow and its findings mostly affirmed big business growth. The piece argues the inquiry ignored tax burden, government spending, apprenticeship gaps, and vendor consolidation, costing taxpayers millions.
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Tragecometies
Royal Commission On
Shakespeare
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CCFIB
Canada
TV cameras enter Manitoba Legislature for daily opening
The Manitoba Legislature now records its daily opening and 40 minute question period with a video setup near the Speaker. Politicians say TV may affect appearance and attendance but not behavior. ministers dispute dramatic changes, while figures on civil service cuts remain disputed after mixed statements from Norma Price.
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Manitoba
Harry Graham
Birtle-Russell
Jorgenson
Pc-Morris
Government House
Labor
Norma Price
Grants Approved For Societies And Other Manitoba Politics
Provincial grants totaling 158000 were awarded to 50 agricultural societies to fund permanent buildings equipment repairs and land improvements. Grants split into Class A 75000 Class B 38000 and Class C 45000 with additional aid for judges fees 4-H activities and society memberships. Opposition figures criticized civil service vacancy claims while discussions flagged dairy price records access and farm policy reforms. Municipal reassessment backlogs give local governments until 1983 to update assessments while taxpayers are urged to continue paying taxes.
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Jim Downey
Department of Agriculture
Olden Days Timespan Snapshots from Early Manitoba
A compact survey of small town events and notices spanning 1908 to 1968. Highlights include school funding decisions at Thunder Creek, post office moves near Inglis with Twin Brae, beer sale votes in Russell and Silver Creek, notable deaths of local pioneers, cake outcomes with a surprising $125 windfall, and community achievements in plowing, 4 H, and youth programs.
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Boulton
Thunder Creek
Russell
Russell Rural
Silver Creek
Russell Town
Deat
Inglis
Bill Smiley Good people
A reflective column by Bill Smiley celebrates human kindness in everyday life. He recalls reader letters offering support during his family health scare and shares anecdotes of compassionate strangers, neighbors, and wartime mercy, arguing that people, despite cynicism, often act with decency and care.
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Europe
Cceur
Alberta
Faer
Arthur
English Department
Manitoba announces home ownership aid program at Inkster Gardens
Manitoba Government unveils the Manitoba Home Ownership Assistance Program to aid lower income families in building or buying homes at Inkster Gardens in Winnipeg. The plan offers interest-free second mortgages of 3000 to 5000 dollars for up to 100 qualifying families with income under 18,000 dollars and at least one dependent child.
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Manitoba
Inkster Gardens
North Winnipeg
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
J. Frank Johnston
Johnston
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NDP
Bill Uruski
St. George
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Vancouver
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Silver Creek District
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Duff Roblin
A.W. Marshall
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Russ Coulter
Darlene Michalchuk
Miles Glasman
Manitoba Centennial Corporation
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Winnipeg Tribune
Bill Smiley
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Argyle Syndicate Ltd
St. Regis Hotel
ST. Mary's Church
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